CHI­NESE DEL­E­GA­TION ‘VERY RUDE’, SAYS QUEEN EL­IZ­A­BETH

LON­DON: Queen El­iz­a­beth II has been overheard on video call­ing Chi­nese of­fi­cials “very rude” in a con­ver­sa­tion with a se­nior police of­fi­cer at a Buck­ing­ham Palace event. The com­ments were un­usual be­cause the 90-year-old monarch rarely com­ments pub­licly on po­lit­i­cal mat­ters, and me­dia ac­com­pa­ny­ing her are asked not to eaves­drop.